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THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NE S S
May, 1942
Your Young People’s Society CanBeSuccessful,Too!
A Question of Obedience The missionary tragedy of the close of the past generation is now irrepar able. But that catastrophe is as noth ing compared with the tragedy that may well be facing us, if when the war is concluded, doors of opportu nity are opened in long-closed lands around the world, and Christian youth shall be found forgetful of God’s claims and careless of His command to preach the gospel to every crea ture. Tragedy or revival faces the Chris tian student world today. sThe Stu dent Foreign Missions Fellowship be lieves that by God’s grace the an swer shall be revival. [Further information concerning this movement can he secured by writing to the Student , Foreign Missions Fel lowship, 1201 Chestnut Street, Phila delphia, Pa., mentioning this article in TH E KING 'S BUSINESS.— E d ito r .]
A PRESENT-DAY TRAGEDY [ Continued from Page 164] days when mission doors were still unobstructed by war. “There’s noth ing we can do about it, although per haps we have been negligent not to have had a missionary prayer meet ing,” and sorrowfully laying the blame on others, they gave -up the problem. The representative of the Student Foreign Missions Fellowship thought surely there must be negligence somewhere, as he visited a Bible school with an enrollment of well over, a’ hundred students and found only six preparing for foreign serv ice. How could the leaders of Chris tian youth fail to seize the opportu nity to fire young lives with a single urge — to proclaim the Lord Jesus Christ unto the uttermost? A God-Given Advance “The Lord .Jesus Christ unto the' ut termost!” The words were like a bat tle cry to the students assembled at Ben Lippen Conference Grounds six years ago. They had heard of a task that could be finished, and they had learned the tragedy that it was not being done. These students faced a need with a spirit of earnestness that meant doing business with God. Prayer meetings came first, then committee meetings. “Missionary students need an inter collegiate fellowship,” was the first thought, and the name STUDENT FOREIGN MISSIONS FELLOWSHIP was given. Then came the conviction, “ Chris tian students and the whole Christian church must be stirred to realize our pressing obligation to make Christ known in all the world in our genera tion.” After much prayer and work, a statement of missionary purpose was prepared. Another thought followed, "Many will not be called as missionaries, but every Christian young person should face this responsibility,” and a second statement, a missionary prayer pledge, was prepared, reading in part: “Believing that it may be God’s will for me to be a foreign missionary, I promise to pray defi nitely for guidance, and in other ways to seek guidance until I know God’s will for 'me in connection with the call to foreign missionary service.” It was a small beginning, but Gop honored the step taken in faith, and today over three thousand young peo ple have signed these statements, the number being about equally divided between purpose and prayer pledge. Almost forty chapters in colleges, uni versities, seminaries, Bible schools, and nurses’ training schools are meet ing ’ regularly for missionary prayer and study and for presentation of the zniasionary Imperative.
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